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Recipe: Grilled turkey burger

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Dietitian's tip: Substituting ground turkey breast for ground beef sheds about 200 calories, 7 grams of fat and 4 grams of saturated fat.

By Mayo Clinic staff
Serves 4

Ingredients

    1 pound ground turkey breast
    1/4 cup dried bread crumbs
    1/4 cup chopped onion
    2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
    1 1/2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
    1 teaspoon Tabasco (hot) sauce
    4 whole-grain buns
    4 slices tomato
    4 slices red onion
    2 bibb lettuce leaves, halved
    4 tablespoons ketchup

Directions

Combine the ground turkey breast, bread crumbs, chopped onion, parsley, Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce in a large bowl. Mix well. Divide turkey mixture into 4 equal portions and form into patties.

Prepare a hot fire in a charcoal grill or heat a gas grill or broiler (grill). Away from the heat source, lightly coat the grill rack or broiler pan with cooking spray. Position the cooking rack 4 to 6 inches from the heat source.

Grill burgers until nicely browned on both sides and heated through, about 7 minutes a side.  Serve each burger on a bun topped with 1 tomato slice, 1 onion slice, 1/2 lettuce leaf and a dollop of ketchup.

Nutritional analysis per serving

Serving size: 1 prepared burger including bun and toppings
Calories244 Sodium340 mg
Total fat8 g Total carbohydrate29 g
Saturated fat2 g Dietary fiber4 g
Monounsaturated fat2 g Protein17 g
Cholesterol59 mg   
Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid Servings Diabetes Meal Plan Exchanges Dash Eating Plan Servings

 

NU00370 July 1, 2007

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